I'm excited to share with you the cover for Her Royal Bodyguard, book #2 in my Her Royal Romance series. The talented Lacey Savage did it again. I love this cover!

Here's the blurb:

After almost getting kidnapped, Princess Angelina is swept away by royal bodyguard Rico Santori to a small, secluded village for her protection. Always the good girl, the obedient daughter, the proper princess, Angie’s tired of putting her own desires – her own life! – on hold. She could have been killed in the kidnapping attempt and never known the ecstasy of making love with a passionate man. Angelina has had a crush on the strong, loyal Rico for years and while they hide out, pretending to be a newlywed couple, she decides to practice her seductive skills on him.

This is Rico’s last job for the royal family. He’s leaving to build his own life, opening his own security firm. Angie is smart and pretty but she’s royalty and he’s just the hired muscle. But as the days go by, her attempts at seduction try the calm patience he’s known for. He warns her they can only share a bed until he returns her safely to the palace.

But when danger strikes again, it may be too late to explore the love they never expected to find.

And a little (unedited) excerpt:

“Where did we go on our first date?”

She smiled at Rico’s groan. “We have to know where we went on our first date?” he asked.

“Of course. Another question your aunt is certain to ask.”

“Your Highness…”

“Lucia.”

“Lucia. Right…”

He was so clearly out of his comfort zone it made Angelina smile again. “If you walked into the bakery one morning, after weeks of veiled glances and little smiles, and you desired to see me away from my usual surroundings, to spend time together with no one else but you and me, where would you want to take me?”

“I would take you for a drive, like I am right now,” he said immediately. “It is difficult to find time alone otherwise. There seem to be people everywhere.”

“Yes,” she agreed. Especially at the palace. There was no privacy there. So Rico felt it too. She wished for the sunrise so she could see his expression. “All right, you took me for a drive and we talked for hours.”

“Talked? For hours?”

“When you find your soul mate, hours fly by as you get to know each other.” So she’d heard. So she’d dreamed.

“Soul mates.”

“Are you going to repeat everything I say like a parrot?”

The sky must have been lightening because she was certain he narrowed his eyes as he looked at her.

“If you want people to believe that we fell in love and married quickly, we have to convince them that we are soul mates.”

“Your Highness…”

“Lucia. Are you certain you are the head of our security force? Have you never been undercover before?”

“This is not quite working undercover.”

“That’s right. It is I who am undercover. Still, you need to remember our cover story.”

“I fear you watch too many movies.”

What else did she have to do on lonely evenings? “How did you propose to me?” She glanced down to her hand. “And where is my ring? If we’re married, I must have a ring.”

Look for Her Royal Bodyguard in early 2014. And if you haven't read book #1, Her Royal Masquerade, it's available now atAmazonBarnes & NobleiTunesKobo